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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yetta Gurtner, Adjunct senior lecturer, Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University For millions of people in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, Cyclone Alfred will be their first experience living through a cyclone. Alfred is forecast to make landfall about 2am on Friday morning. I ... <a title="‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/dont-panic-do-prepare-why-its-not-too-late-to-plan-for-cyclone-alfred-251463/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Bureau of Meteorology, Himawari-9 satellite, CC BY-SA Tropical Cyclone Alfred is strengthening as it bears down on the coast of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, prompting fears it may become a destructive category 3 cyclone before ... <a title="Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/cyclone-alfred-is-bearing-down-heres-how-it-grew-so-fierce-and-where-its-expected-to-hit-251358/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Ray Bond/Shutterstock How much is your voice worth? It could be as little as roughly A$100. That was how much ABC News Verify recently spent to clone federal senator Jacqui Lambie’s voice – with her permission – using ... <a title="AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/ai-deepfakes-threaten-democracy-and-peoples-identities-personality-rights-could-help-251267/" aria-label="Read more about AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology Phish Photography/Shutterstock If you head to the shops to buy bread, you’ll face a variety of different options. But it can be hard to work out the difference between all the types on sale. For instance, you might ... <a title="What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/whats-the-difference-between-wholemeal-and-wholegrain-bread-not-a-whole-lot-249156/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hemming, Associate Professor of Law, School of Law and Justice, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock After Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at Port Arthur in 1996, Australia made fundamental changes to its gun laws. The use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons ... <a title="Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/police-are-seizing-3d-printed-guns-across-australia-but-our-laws-arent-keeping-up-250255/" aria-label="Read more about Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato The aftermath of one of the most undiplomatic – and notorious – White House meetings in recent history reveals a changed world. Having berated Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky for supposedly not wanting peace with Russia and failing to show ... <a title="America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/america-or-europe-why-trumps-ukraine-u-turn-is-a-fork-in-the-road-for-new-zealand-251459/" aria-label="Read more about America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania Fire rages in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles in January 2025 eley archives/Shutterstock For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities built largely of wood could – and did – burn. ... <a title="Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/fires-used-to-terrify-city-residents-new-research-suggests-climate-change-could-see-this-fear-return-251056/" aria-label="Read more about Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana McKay, Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft, is one of the world’s richest men. He is also a highly controversial figure. On one hand, he contributes to social, medical and environmental causes through his foundation, making grants worth more ... <a title="Bill Gates’ origin story describes a life of privilege, exposing the DNA of some of the tech industry’s problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/bill-gates-origin-story-describes-a-life-of-privilege-exposing-the-dna-of-some-of-the-tech-industrys-problems-247577/" aria-label="Read more about Bill Gates’ origin story describes a life of privilege, exposing the DNA of some of the tech industry’s problems">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Etienne Capron, Postdoctoral fellow, HEC Montréal Cities, and on a smaller scale, neighbourhoods and meeting places, play a significant role in promoting innovation. (Shutterstock) There is an enduring myth that many technological innovations have come out of garages, bedrooms and basements. One of the most famous garages ... <a title="Beyond the garage: How important are spaces to business creation?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/beyond-the-garage-how-important-are-spaces-to-business-creation-250130/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond the garage: How important are spaces to business creation?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine H. Greenaway, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Caspar David Friedrich / The Conversation, CC BY-SA In 218 BC, the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossed the Alps against the advice of his men, who claimed it was impossible. “Aut inveniam viam, aut faciam,” Hannibal is said to ... <a title="‘High agency’: what the science says about the latest tech buzzword" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/high-agency-what-the-science-says-about-the-latest-tech-buzzword-250767/" aria-label="Read more about ‘High agency’: what the science says about the latest tech buzzword">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Genauer, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University Since commencing his second term as United States president, Donald Trump has distanced the US from Ukraine and warmed relations with Russia. This presents a predicament for European nations. A changing landscape Europe relies on the US for ... <a title="The strategies and risks European powers must consider when it comes to tackling Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/the-strategies-and-risks-european-powers-must-consider-when-it-comes-to-tackling-trump-251253/" aria-label="Read more about The strategies and risks European powers must consider when it comes to tackling Trump">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ty Ferguson, Research Fellow, University of South Australia Marcos Mesa Sam Wordley/Shutterstock Tossing and turning on sweltering summer nights? You’re not alone. As temperatures rise due to climate change, our sleep is becoming shorter and more disrupted. But it’s not just the heat keeping us awake – ... <a title="Why can’t I sleep? 4 ways climate change could be keeping you up at night and what you can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/why-cant-i-sleep-4-ways-climate-change-could-be-keeping-you-up-at-night-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-250253/" aria-label="Read more about Why can’t I sleep? 4 ways climate change could be keeping you up at night and what you can do about it">Read more</a>
